PNBA 2016 Fall Show Program by Pacific NW Booksellers Assn

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Sept 30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Oct 2, 2016 Hotel Murano Tacoma, WA

Thank You, Booksellers, for Supporting

JANE KIRKPATRICK! Jane Kirkpatrick, PBNA Bestselling Author, is back with another dramatic tale of traveling west

T hree generations of Brown women

travel west together on the Oregon Trail, but each seeks something different. When the trail divides, a decision must be made that could bring survival or tragedy. The challenges faced will form the character of one woman—and impact the future for many more.

“ Dramatic and suspenseful, This Road We Traveled is an unforgettable story of hardship, survival, and the bonds of family.”

—Suzanne Woods Fisher,

bestselling author of Anna’s Crossing

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Thanks to our 2016 Tradeshow Sponsors Baker & Taylor

Authors on the Map Exhibits Show Floor Book Bags

Ingram Content Group The Nightcapper Exhibits

Penguin Random House

Scholastic

Dinner at the Kids’ Table

Sterling

Home Brewed Happy Hour

Abrams

Hold On, I’m Coming

BINC

Education Day

Bookseller Scholarship

HarperCollins

Publishers Weekly

Feast of Authors

Registration

Sasquatch

Sweet & Greet

2016 Fall Show Program Contents Fri:

Workshop times & locations Sales Representatives’ Pick of the Lists Friday event/workshop descriptions Authors On The Map Dinner at the Kids’ Table Nightcapper

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Sat: Saturday Book & Author Breakfast 16 Saturday Overview 17 Exhibitor List 14 Exhibit Floor Map 15 Feast of Authors 18-19 Sweet & Greet 20-21 Sun: Sunday Overview 22 Raffle Prizes 22-23 Sunday Book & Author Breakfast 24 BuzzBook Candidates 25 “Hold On, I’m Coming” 26-27 Program cover art adapted from Color the Pacific Northwest: A Timber Press Coloring Book, your 2016 holiday catalog theme title. Fall 2016 Tradeshow - Tacoma, WA 1

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Home Brewed Happy Hour

Sterling Publishing

Thursday, Sep. 29

Living Room of the Hotel Murano

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Following the Paz seminar, please join us in the Murano’s Living Room for the Home Brewed Happy Hour featuring ten authors from the NW region. Courtesy of PNBA and Sterling Publishing, in celebration of Complete IPA, a 2016 Holiday Books selection. (show registration required)

Elaine Ambrose

Elly Blue

Jacqueline Freeman

Author

Title

Publisher

Elaine Ambrose Elly Blue Jacqueline Freeman Denise Frisino Allen Morris Jones Samuel Ligon Kathleen Petrich Abbe Rolnick Adrienne Ross Scanlan Jayne Seagrave

Midlife Happy Hour Brown Books Bikenomics Microcosm Song of Increase Sounds True Orchids of War Book Publishers Network A Bloom of Bones Ig Publishing Among the Dead and Dreaming Leapfrog Press Hello Baby Book Publishers Network Tattle Tales Sedro Publishing Turning Homeward Mountaineers Books Time to Take Flight Touchwood Editions

Midlife Happy Hour is author, blogger, and humorist Elaine Ambrose’s new collection of essays and anecdotes, sequel to her #1 best-selling Midlife Cabernet, which Publishers Weekly called “laugh-out-loud funny!” She is the author of one of the most-read posts in the history of The Huffington Post, which was subsequently translated into six languages and published around the world. Ambrose, who lives in Eagle, Idaho, is the recipient of numerous awards, including awards from the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) and ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards. Portlander Elly Blue is a writer, publisher and bicycle activist whose 2013 classic Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save the Economy is now revised and updated for a second edition. Blue offers a compelling new perspective on how two-wheeled transportation can change the way we think about where to live, how to get around, and how to spend our money.

Denise Frisino

Allen Morris Jones

Jacqueline Freeman is a nationally-known biodynamic beekeeper and farmer from Southwest Washington, a frequent speaker, teacher and magazine contributor on the subject of bees. Song of Increase: Listening to the Wisdom of Honeybees for Kinder Beekeeping and a Better World is a fascinating look at her “bee-centric” approach to hive keeping, with insights into bee behavior and culture of interest to bee keepers and laymen alike. Freeman’s easy affinity with bees was memorably pictured as a gentle “swarm-mover” in the acclaimed documentary Queen of the Sun. Denise Frisino’s fascinating historical novel, Orchids of War, uncovers the little-known story of Japanese spies on American soil in the build-up to WWII. Set in 1941 Seattle, San Francisco, and Hawaii, Frisino’s novel is based on real people and events surrounding the breaking of Japanese codes using a decrypting machine simply called “Magic.” Denise Frisino is a Seattle native, long involved in stage and film as an actress, writer, director and producer. Orchids of War is her second novel, the first in a planned two-part series.

Home Brewed Happy Hour Acclaimed Montana writer and publisher Allen Morris Jones returns to the Trade show with his newest novel, A Bloom of Bones. Set on a ranch in remote Eastern Montana, Bones follows rancher and poet Eli Singer, whose past is laid bare like the bones of a long-buried corpse found on his property, and Chloe, an equally emotionally isolated New York literary agent. Jones’s new novel, says fellow writer Mark Spragg, “ is simply riveting. Always lyrical, often wise, filled with vitality, and the promise that love and loyalty can surmount the darkness in our lives. I couldn’t put it down. “ Allen Jones lives in Bozeman, Montana, and is the editor-in-chief of Big Sky Journal.

Samuel Ligon

Samuel Ligon’s debut novel Safe in Heaven Dead received rave reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly and the New York Review of Books, and readers are sure to find the same fast-paced action in Among the Dead and Dreaming, just released in spring of 2016. In the words of author Jonathan Evison, Ligon’s second novel is “A masterful exhibition in storytelling; a breathless page-turner. Ligon drives his narrative like a formula one racer. Buckle your seat belts and get ready for a thrilling ride.” Ligon is the editor of the literary journal Willow Springs and teaches at Eastern Washington University in Spokane. Seattle-area attorney and author Kathleen Petrich introduces new families and the very young to the sights of Seattle and Puget Sound in Hello Baby. Jill the Bernese Mountain dog, in charming art byT. Seelig Thomas, accompanies readers to the Space Needle, the Public Market, along the waterfront, and to watch the Blue Angels over Lake Washington. Hello Baby is the recipient of a Mom’s Choice Award for its family-friendly storyline and local interest. Skagit Valley writer Abbe Rolnick, a self-described “teller of tales, lover of life,” has complied twenty years of writing in Tattle Tales: Essays and Stories Along the Way. With whimsy and wisdom, Rolnick’s essays and stories range from diving deep in the Caribbean to the humble life of the African dung beetle. A former independent bookseller, Abbe Rolnick is the author of two previous novels and a non-fiction book of inspiration for cancer patients and their caregivers, and a PNBA Book Award nominee. Adrienne Ross Scanlan’s Turning Homeward: Restoring Hope and Nature in the Urban Wild is both a touching personal narrative and a call to action to repair and restore the natural beauty of Puget Sound. Scanlan, a dedicated volunteer and citizen scientist, describes the journey of a newcomer to the Pacific Northwest who learns that home isn’t where you live but where you create belonging by repairing the nature that is close to our lives. In addition to her time spent pulling invasive weeds and counting salmon in urban creeks, Scanlon is the non-fiction editor of the Blue Lyra Review.

Kathleen Petrich

Abbe Rolnick

Adrienne Ross Scanlan

In Time to Take Flight, Vancouver, B. C. author and entrepreneur Jayne Seagrave offers advice and encouragement to women of a certain age wanting to travel the world solo, but feeling a little apprehensive at the prospect. She writes like a worldly, well informed best-friend, sharing useful advice aimed at women ages 45 to 65, no matter the destination. Seagrave is also the author if several best-selling camping guides to British Columbia and Western Canada.

Jayne Seagrave

PNBA's Paz Associates Presentation about Selling/Buying a Store on Thursday, September 29

PNBA Educational Sessions, Friday, September 30, 2016 @ Hotel Murano, Tacoma, WA Venice 1

Venice 2

Bookseller Track

8:00 - 8:45 am

Intro for First-timer Retail Booksellers, w/Tegan Tigani and Carol Spurling

9:00 - 10:15 am

w/Madison Duckworth, et als

w/Jenny Cohen, et als

10:30 - 11:45 am

Bookseller Panel Steal My Idea

Bookseller Panel Used Books 101

Bookseller Panel Diverse Reading

w/James Crossley, et als

Gallery Room

Author Track

Librarian Track

8:00 - 8:45 am

9:00 - 11:50 am

8:00 - 8:45 am

Intro for First-timer Librarians, w/Lisa Bitney

Intro for First-timer Authors, w/Robert Moore and Cynthia Frank

9:00 - 10:15 am

Librarian Panel Bookseller Workshop What You Always Wanted Our Reps Offer Their To Know... Favorite Seasonal Picks w/Alison Kastner, et als

10:30 - 11:45 am

Bookseller Panel

Personal Finance for Booksellers w/Justus Joseph and Kim Hooyboer

Torcello Room

Cavallino Room

Reps' Picks of the Lists

Librarian Panel

Author Workshop Marketing Panel w/Elly Blue and Robert Moore

10:30 - 11:45 am Author Panel

Helping readers find their Independent Bookstore Economics for Independent Authors next good book â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Readerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Advisory tips and tricks

w/Andrea Gough, et als w/Bruce Delaney, et als

12:00 - 1:00 pm Authors On The Map

Hotel Murano, Venice Rooms

lunches must be ordered in advance.

1:15 - 2:15 pm

Featured Authors will sign their books

2:30 - 3:45 pm

Bookseller Panel

Children's New Book Review w/Rene'

Kirkpatrick, et als

Bookseller Workshop Learn the New Edelweiss! w/Joe Foster

4:00 - 5:15 pm

4:00 - 5:15 pm Bookseller Panel

Advanced Social Media

w/ Tegan Tigani, et als

2:20 - 4:30 pm

Workshop Our Reps Offer Their Favorite Seasonal Picks ...Continued

ABA Education ABACUS - ABA

w/Oren Teicher and Robert Sindelar

2:30 - 3:45 am

2:30 - 3:45 pm

Stronger Together: When Libraries and Bookstores Collaborate w/Lisy Bitney, et als

Creative Author Events to Grow Your Audience

Librarian Panel

4:00 - 5:15 pm

Librarian Panel Summer Reading 101 V

Author Panel

w/Melissa Hart, et als

w/Kendra Jones, et als w/Elaine Ambrose, et als

5:30 - 6:30 pm PNBA Membership Meeting

6:45 - 8:15 pm Dinner at the Kids' Table Cascade Ballroom of the Courtyard Downtown Tacoma (tickets required) 8:30 - 10:00 pm NIGHTCAPPER AUTOGRAPHING PARTY

Venice Rooms @ the Hotel Murano

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4:00 - 5:15 pm

Author Workshop Fostering Community

PNBA Fall Show 2016 Sales Repâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pick of the Lists Friday, September 30 Hotel Murano, Tacoma, WA Gallery Room Sales representatives from some of our popular publishers will offer booksellers their ideas for which titles from their upcoming lists will be the hottest, most interesting ones for your customers. These sessions are primarily designed for frontline booksellers and those owners and managers who have not seen sales reps.

9:00 9:30 9:40 9:50 10:00 10:10 10:20 10:30 10:40 10:50 11:00 11:10 11:20 11:30

Reed Oros, Macmillan Cynthia Frank, Cypress House, et als Colleen Conway, Penguin Random House Patrick Irving, Baker & Taylor Patrick McNierney, Penguin Random House Chris Satterlund, Scholastic Sabrina Wise, Tin House Tom McIntyre, Hachette John Lefler, Hachette John Dally, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Gary Lothian, Ingram Content Group Kurtis Lowe, Book Travelers West Ted Lucia, Imprint Group West David Glenn, Penguin Random House

12:00 noon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2:15 pm: 2:20 2:30 2:40 2:50 3:20 3:30 3:40 3:50 4:00 4:10 4:20

LUNCH BREAK

Cindy Heidemann, Publishers Group West Christine Foye, Simon & Schuster Andy Weiner, Abrams Dan Christiaens, W.W. Norton Gabe Barillas, HarperCollins Jim Hankey, HarperCollins Bob Alunni, HarperCollins Ty Wilson, Perseus Books Group Katie Mehan, Penguin Random House Deanna Meyerhoff, Penguin Random House Jen Cameron, Orca Book Publishers Fall 2016 Tradeshow - Tacoma, WA 3

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Friday Morning Schedule 7:45 am - 4:30 pm PNBA Registration Open Third Floor Mezzanine Register for the show, pick up badges, badge holders and a show program, or buy tickets for the Authors On The Map Lunch, Book & Author Breakfasts and the Feast of Authors. 8:00 – 8:45 am

Bookseller Workshop

Venice 1

Intro for First-Time Retail Booksellers

Tegan Tigani

Tegan Tigani of Queen Anne Book Company in Seattle, WA, and Carol Spurling of BookPeople of Moscow in Moscow, ID will introduce first-time show attendees to the details of the PNBA show. Bring your questions and be prepared to take the advice of an experienced bookseller about how to deal with reps, what to say to authors, how to act when someone offers you free books, and where to turn when you don’t know anyone at the party. 8:00 – 8:45 am

Librarian Workshop

Cavallino Room

Intro for First-Time Librarians

Lisa Bitney

Librarians who are attending the show for the first time should bring their questions and be prepared to take the advice of an experienced librarian who will show you how to get the most out of the show, and answer any questions you might have about PNBA and it’s programs. Lisa Bitney of the Tacoma Public Library in Tacoma, WA will lead the event. 8:00 – 8:45 am

Author/Small Pub Workshop

Torcello Room

Intro for First-Time Publishers and Authors Robert Moore of Oregon Books & Games in Grants Pass, OR and Cynthia Frank of Cypress House will introduce the PNBA show to publishers and authors who have not previously attended, helping you learn what to expect, how to deal with everything from education, to the parties, to the exhibits. Networking is key and the presenters will give you some tips for working the show AND the valuable follow up once you are back in your office. Bring your business cards and postcards/flyers about your books. Here’s a chance to get answers to your questions about how to have a great show.

Cynthia Frank

9:00 am - 5:00 pm ABA IndieCommerce One-On-Ones Economic Development Boardroom, balcony level of the Exhibit Hall Rotunda These sessions with Geetha Nathan are available for current IndieCommerce users and non-IndieCommerce ABA members who would like to know about the program. If you did not sign up online in advance, you can speak to ABA personnel at the IndieCommerce suite to set up a drop-in appointment. 9:00 – 10:15 am

Bookseller Panel

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Steal My Idea Courtney Payne

We all love to hear what works and what doesn’t work for events at our stores, whether it’s drawing in new customers, keeping our faithful customers engaged, interesting displays, social media, or other ideas we’ve yet to discover. Come share your successes and failures! Panelists will include Madison Duckworth from Liberty Bay Books and Courtney Payne, Senior Independent Trade Sales Representative for Chronicle Books. 9:00 – 10:15 am

Bookseller Panel

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Used Books 101

Jenny Cohen 4 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association

Have you been considering adding used books to your store? We are sharing ideas on how to get started, sourcing, pricing cost of goods—cash vs. credit. Hear from booksellers who have made the leap into used books. The session will end with a round table discussion.The panel will be moderated by Jenny Cohen, Owner, Waucoma Bookstore, Hood River, Oregon and include Obadiah Baird of The Book Bin in Salem, OR and Robert Sindelar of Third Place Books in Seattle, Wa.

Friday Morning Schedule 9:00 – 10:15 am

Librarian Panel

Cavallino Room

What you always wanted to know about (Librarians/Booksellers) but were afraid to ask...and what your publisher’s rep knows about both of you This panel discussion will reveal the inside scoop on the daily lives of librarians, booksellers and publishers’ reps, the surprising things we know and don’t know about one another, and how we can support one another in that most laudable goal: finding the perfect book for every reader. Bring your questions for our panel—there are no bad ones! The panel will be moderated by Alison Kastner, Reader Services Librarian at Multnomah County Library and include Andrea Gough, Reader Services Librarian at Seattle Public Library, Katie Mehan, publisher’s rep for Penguin Random House and Caitlin Baker, fiction buyer for University Book Store in Seattle. 9:00 - 10:15 am

Author / Small Publisher Workshop

Alison Kastner

Torcello Room

Marketing Panel For independent authors and small publishers, finding ways to get their books in the hands of booksellers and putting themselves in contact with book buyers can be a difficult game—but it’s by no means impossible with an enhanced understanding of how marketing works in the book business. This session will explore creative ways to market to bookstores and non-traditional outlets. Being informed about ways to generate exposure and interest in and beyond your local community will increase opportunities to generate sales. Bring your ideas and experiences to share.

Elly Blue

Leading the panel is Elly Blue, co-owner and marketing director at Microcosm Publishing and published author. Robert Moore, co-owner of Oregon Books & Games, Grants Pass, OR has worked with more than 100 local authors and their marketing group for more than 25 years. 9:00 – 11:50 am

Bookseller Workshop

Gallery Room

James Crossley

Our Reps Offer Their Favorite Seasonal Picks

(See page 3 for complete schedule)

10:30 – 11:45 am

Bookseller Panel

Venice 1

Diverse Reading Given that a big part of our job as booksellers is leading customers toward more of what they already like, are we obliged to help them diversify their reading? Assuming that we are, how do we best promote—both to today’s audience and to the next generation of readers—books that include characters of color, written by authors of color? And books by and about LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and so on? Lots of questions and hopefully a few answers. Moderated by James Crossley of Island Books, Mercer Island, WA. Panelists include Nisi Shawl, writer and former indie bookseller, Kenny Coble of King’s Books, Tacoma, WA, Jennifer Oleinik from University Book Store, Seattle, WA and Karen Maeda Allman of Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA.

Justus Joseph

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Penguin Random House

Friday Morning Schedule

10:30 – 11:45 am

Bookseller Panel

Venice 2

Personal Finance Basics for Booksellers

Melissa Hart

Nobody goes into bookselling expecting to get rich. But with the rise of student debt and the general cost of living, it has become increasingly difficult (particularly for younger booksellers) to justify staying in the career we love. But don’t lose hope! In this session, we’ll discuss how to use budgets and personal finance tools to negotiate living on bookseller salaries. Presenters will be Justus Joseph of Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle and Kim Hooyboer of Elliott Bay Book Company and the Drunk Booksellers podcast. 10:30 – 11:45 am

Librarian Panel

Cavallino Room

Helping readers find their next good book – Reader’s Advisory tips and tricks.

René Kirkpatrick

We hear it all day long and it still has the power to empty our mind and make us speechless! Learn how to keep on top of what resources are out there and how to find them quickly. With a little knowledge, you’ll always be ready with that next good suggestion. Participants include: Andrea Gough, Reader Services Librarian at Seattle Public Library, Emily Calkins, Readers’ Services Specialist at the King County Library System and Jackie Parker, Lead Librarian for Readers’ Services, Sno-Isle Libraries. 10:30 - 11:45 am

Author / Small Publisher Panel

Torcello Room

Hosting Creative Author Events to Grow Your Audience

Joe Foster

Hosting engaging slideshow presentations and trivia contests, cooking demonstrations, and even lectures with live birds of prey, authors have found fun and compelling methods of inspiring reader to get up off their couches and into bookstores. Join us as we discuss ideas and practical applications for “out of the box” author events. Panelists include: Melissa Hart, author of Avenging the Owl, Rosanne Parry from Annie Bloom’s Books in Portland, OR and author of The Turn of the Tide, Sam Kaas, Events Coordinator at Village Books in Bellingham, WA. and Laura White, Author Events Coord., UO Duck Store, Eugene, OR. 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Authors On The Map

Venice Rooms

Ten newer Northwest authors whose books have not yet hit the bestseller lists will introduce their new books. Lunch tickets suggested. (See complete description of pages 8-9) 1:00 - 6:00 pm

Karen Emmerling

2:30 - 3:45 pm

Exhibit Hall open for vendor set-up only. Bookseller Panel

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Children’s New Book Review A panel of children’s book buyers recommend their favorite hand-sells. Moderated by Rene’ Kirkpatrick of University Bookstore in Seattle, WA and including Janelle Smith of Auntie’s Bookstore in Spokane, WA, Hana Boxberger of Village Books in Bellingham, WA, Christy McDanold of Secret Garden Books, Seattle, WA, Tegan Tigani of Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, WA, and Melissa DeMotte of The Well-Read Moose in Coeur d’Alene, ID

Bruce Delaney 6 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association

Friday Afternoon Schedule

2:30 – 3:45 pm

Bookseller Workshop

Venice 2

Learn the New Edelweiss! Edelweiss has been updated to become Edelweiss+. This session will walk you through how to do all the things you’re used to doing, using this new and improved platform. Presented by Joe Foster, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Above the Treeline 2:20 - 4:30 pm

Bookseller Workshop

Sam Kaas

Gallery Room

Our Reps Offer Their Favorite Seasonal Picks, continued from the morning (See page 3 for complete schedule)

2:30 – 3:45 pm

Librarian Panel

Cavallino Room

Stronger Together: When Libraries and Bookstores Collaborate The panel will discuss effective ways bookstores and libraries can work together to benefit each other and strengthen their reading communities. Panelist will include Lisa Bitney of Tacoma Library, Tacoma WA, Laura DeLaney from Rediscovered Bookshop, Boise ID, Karen Emmerling of Beach Books, Seaside, OR, and Ann McAllen of Whatcom County Library System, Bellingham, WA 2:30 – 3:45 pm

Author / Small Publisher Panel

Mindy Halleck

Torcello Room

Independent Bookstore Economics for Independent Authors So, your book is published and out in the world, and you’d like to see it on the shelves of your local independent bookstore. This isn’t quite as simple as just bringing a couple of copies in and leaving them at the front counter. The business of independent bookselling is complex and multi-faceted. By understanding the business end of how independent bookstores operate, authors can learn to present and market their books effectively, reach a wide range of readers, and cultivate a mutually beneficial relationship with booksellers. How does consignment work? What is a standard trade discount? Why is it economically beneficial for you to sell your books through your local bookstore, instead of directly to friends and fans? Join us as we discuss these questions, and more, at this informative session. Panelists will include Bruce Delaney of Rediscovered Books in Boise, ID, Sam Kaas of Village Books in Bellingham, WA and AK Turner of Fever Streak Press. 4:00 - 5:15 pm

Bookseller Panel

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Mel Barnes

Oren Teicher

Advanced Social Media Social media is a great way to reach customers, but what platforms work best? How often should you send out blurbs, tweets, etc? What is the best way to reach your target audience? Panelists will include Tegan Tigani of Queen Anne Book Co. in Seattle, Mindy Halleck, author of Return to Sender, Mel Barnes from the University Book Store in Seattle and Colleen Conway, publisher’s rep for Penguin Random House Children’s Books.

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Friday Authors On The Map

Baker & Taylor Noon - 1:00 pm

Authors On The Map

Venice Rooms

These authors may not yet be household names, but they’re ready to break out and want to team up with you to make it happen. Invite them to your stores, handsell their books, and do your part to put these Northwest Authors on the Map! Enjoy a box lunch during the presentations, then meet the authors while they sign in the Rotunda of the Exhibit Hall following the event. Lunch tickets must be pre-purchased but are not required for attendance.

Michelle Bacon

Paula Becker

Janie Chang

Susan DeFreitas

Sara Wilson Etienne 8 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association

Teens who like their fiction full of gritty realism will find much to love in Life Before (Sky Pony/Perseus), Seattle writer Michele Bacon’s debut novel. All his life, Xander has hidden the truth about his family life from everyone. If he can just make it through graduation and one last summer, he’ll go off to college with a clean slate—no risk, no drama, no fear. But graduation day brings terror, and Xander finds himself on the run with a fake ID and his greatest fear close on his heels. VOYA Magazine notes “Life Before’s first-person narrative quickly captures the reader, delivering a just unpredictable enough roller coaster ride with successive runs of building tension and release as Xander’s first experience of true independence comes with little preparation and sudden and unexpected urgency.” Looking for Betty MacDonald: The Egg, the Plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and I (Univ. of Washington Press) from historian Paula Becker is the first full biography of one of the Northwest’s most enduring literary figures. MacDonald’s Northwest classic The Egg and I was an immediate success on its publication in 1945, selling more than a million copies in its first year. With full access to MacDonald’s archives, Becker revels the differences between the real Betty MacDonald and her literary persona. Paula Becker is coauthor of two previous books of Washington history, and is a staff historian at HistoryLink.org. She lives in Seattle. British Columbia writer Janie Chang brings early 20th Century Shanghai to life in Dragon Springs Road (William Morrow/Harper), a story of friendship, heartbreak and history that follows a young Eurasian orphan’s life-long search for the mother who abandoned her. Left without family protection, viewed with contempt by both Chinese and Europeans, Jialing relies on the guidance of Fox, an animal spirit who has lived on the estate for centuries, to see her through the tumult of charged allegiances, forbidden love, and political intrigue. Janie Chang is also the author of Three Souls, and is the founder and organizer of Authors for Indies, a national event to bring Canadian authors into independent bookstores for a day. Dragon Springs Road will be published in January, 2017. Susan DeFreitas’ debut novel The Hot Season (Harvard Square Editions) takes place in the high desert of Arizona, where three roommates—students at a college known for its radical politics—are looking for love, adventure, and the promise of a bigger life that led them West. But when the FBI comes to town in pursuit of an alum wanted for “politically motivated crimes of property,” rumor has it that undercover agents have enrolled, making the college dating scene just a bit more sketchy than usual. According to Cari Luna, winner of Oregon Book Award “Hot Season … explores the charged terrain where the youthful search for identity meets environmental activism and the romantic, illicit lure of direct action.” Susan DeFreitas’s fiction, nonfiction, and poetry has appeared in the Utne Reader, Story Magazine, and more than twenty other journals and anthologies. She lives in Portland. Sara Wilson Etienne’s Lotus and Thorn (Putnam/PRH) is a thrilling fantasy adventure perfect for fans of Tamora Pierce and Sarah Maas. Survival is hard on post-plague Gabriel, a former Earth colony and every scrap of scavenged material is critical to stay alive. Stealing is the greatest sin—and that’s exactly what lands 17-year old Leica in deep trouble. Exiled into Gabriel’s forbidding desert, Leica must find a way to survive on her own, until an unlikely ally offers her safety—or so it seems. Etienne’s alien world is richly imagined and frighteningly real, and her hard-as-nails female lead will have teen readers rooting for her to come out on top. Sara Etienne is also the author of the young adult novel Harbinger. She lives in Seattle, where, she says, her “favorite days are spent disappearing into different universes…”

Friday Authors On The Map Tracy Manaster’s second novel The Done Thing (Tyrus Books/Perseus) is a finely drawn story of a not always likable character, a woman who finds that the lust for revenge is hard to deny. Peter Mountford, author of A Young Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism, writes that “The Done Thing is a wonderfully engrossing novel—the unnerving and vividly-imagined tale of Lida Stearl, a charming widow who maintains her polite exterior although she’s quietly riven by grief and righteous fury. … a novel that beguiles with its characters and its gripping story, but it also provides a rich investigation into what happens when we give space to our terrible little impulses, how these tiny monstrosities can grow and spread beyond our control.” Manaster, who lives in Portland, is also the author of the novel You Could Be Home By Now. The Burning World (Atria/S&S) is author Isaac Marion’s much-anticipated sequel to Warm Bodies, his New York Times bestselling novel of zombie romance. In The Burning World, reluctant zombie R’s recent recovery from death has him learning how to be human again and hoping for a future with the woman he loves. R’s transformation is leading to a stirring of life among the undead—and not every one is happy about it. Order must be restored, even if that means that the strong will go on eating the weak. Marion has also published The New Hunger, a prequel to Warm Bodies. In addition to writing zombie novels, Isaac Marion is a musician with a 2007 solo album, Dead Children, which he considers a companion piece to Warm Bodies. He lives in Seattle with his cat and a beloved cactus. The Burning World will be released in February, 2017, just in time for Valentine’s Day. In 1998, young reporter Claudia Rowe was working as a stringer for the New York Times in Poughkeepsie, New York, when local police discovered the bodies of eight women stashed in the attic and basement of the home that Kendall Francois, a painfully polite twenty-seven-year-old community college student, shared with his parents and sister. The Spider and the Fly: A Reporter, a Serial Killer and the Meaning of Murder (Harper) draws from Rowe’s four-year correspondence with Francois after his conviction, an examination of the mind of a killer and the nature of evil, as well as the mutual exploitation between interviewer and subject. This is literary true crime in the tradition of In Cold Blood, thought-provoking and chilling at the same time. Claudia Rowe is a staff writer at The Seattle Times and has twice been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has been published in numerous outlets, including The New York Times, Mother Jones, Huffington Post, and The Stranger. The Spider and the Fly will be published in January, 2017. In 1963, bigger-than-life Northwest mountaineer Jim Whittaker became the first American to stand atop Mount Everest. In My Old Man and the Mountain (Mountaineers), Jim’s youngest son Lief Whittaker tells what it was like to grow up in a family of climbers, and how he sought to stand apart from his father’s legacy with accomplishments of his own. After graduating from college, he tried his hand at lots of things, but it was the opportunity to ascend Everest, just like his father had, that showed him the purpose he was seeking. Leif Whittaker, himself a seasoned climber, reached his first major peak at 15 and has since climbed many of the world’s tallest mountains. He is a talented writer and photographer whose work has appeared in various media worldwide, including Powder, Backcountry and The Ski Journal. He lives in Bellingham and works as a seasonal USGS climbing ranger on Mt. Baker. At the age of only 14, Carolyn Wood won a gold medal as a member of the U. S. swimming team at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Tough Girl: An Olympian’s Journey (White Pine Press/ Perseus) is Wood’s memoir about the grit and determination it took to get that young girl on the Olympic podium, and about how, decades later, she made a pilgrimage on El Camino de Santiago to try and reclaim that “tough girl” of her youth in order to accept the end of her marriage. Her ultimate message is simple: we all get through life one stroke, one step, one page at a time. Carolyn Wood, born and raised in Portland, Oregon, still lives in her family home. She is a retired English teacher who spent over thirty years encouraging students to write, and is now taking her own advice.

Tracy Manaster

Isaac Marion

Claudia Rowe

Leif Whittaker

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Friday Afternoon Schedule

4:00 - 5:15 pm

ABA Education

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Understanding and Acting on Your ABACUS-15 Report

Kendra Jones

ABACUS is important because it is the only financial benchmarking tool for the independent bookselling industry. Booksellers who participate in the confidential survey receive a customized report that puts their store’s finances within a fully intelligible industry framework, which provides context, insight, and essential benchmarking guidelines to improve financial performance. Booksellers nationwide, in markets of all sizes, have found ABACUS to be an essential key to strategic and business planning, access to capital, negotiations with landlords, and much more. At this session, ABA’s CEO Oren Teicher and ABA Board vice president, Robert Sindelar from Third Place Books in Seattle, WA will share information about ABACUS participation and will review top-line financial data from this year’s report to demonstrate how booksellers can use the information to improve their business’ performance. Come with your questions and leave with a better understanding of what ABACUS is and how to use its data. 4:00 - 5:15 pm

Mari Nowitz

AK Turner

Get inspired to create the best summer ever for your customers. With many years experience planning and running summer reading programs, join Children’s Librarians Kendra and Mari as they share tips, tricks, and best practices that will keep kids and families engaged in reading and learning. Presenters include Kendra Jones, Youth & Family Services Coordinator, Timberland Regional Library and Mari Nowitz, Youth Services Librarian, Tumwater Timberland Library Torcello Room

As authors, we want to connect with our literary community, but often don’t know where to start. This workshop will explore ways to connect with local guilds, libraries, bookstores, radio stations, and non-profits; highlighting the mutual benefits of these partnerships and how to establish them, including mixed media events, podcasts, book clubs, public lectures, and open mic readings. Panelists will include Elaine Ambrose of Mill Park Publishing, Mike Turner of Fever Streak Press, AK Turner of Fever Streak Press and Bruce Delaney of Rediscovered Books in Boise, ID.

5:30 – 6:30 pm PNBA General Membership Meeting Gallery Room Join your colleagues and the board and staff of PNBA to hear an annual report about the status of the Association, what projects are high priority, and what the Association is planning to enhance member benefits.

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Author/Small Publisher Panel

Fostering Community as an Author

6:45 - 8:15 pm

Bruce Delaney

Cavallino Room

Summer Reading 101

4:00 - 5:15 pm

Elaine Ambrose

Librarian Panel

8:30 - 10:00 pm

Dinner at the Kids’ Table

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Cascade Ballroom Courtyard Tacoma Downtown 1515 Commerce St. Nightcapper Autographing Party

Venice Rooms

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Friday Dinner at the Kids’ Table

6:45 - 8:15 pm

Dinner at the Kids’ Table Courtyard Downtown Tacoma

Cascade Ballroom

The talk of the show last year, the Kids’ Table is again the place to book your Friday dinner reservation. Four bestselling authors will share their new works and their personalities while you enjoy dinner in the Cascade Ballroom at the Courtyard, just a short stroll down the street from show central. Attendees will receive signed copies on their way out the door and on their way back to the Murano for the Nightcapper. (Tickets required)

Jay Asher

Carson Ellis

Brandon Mull

Jay Asher’s first novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, has appeared regularly on the New York Times bestseller list for the past 9 years, and remains a favorite handsell for many booksellers. What Light (Razorbill/Penguin Random House), is Asher’s third novel for young adults. Set on an Oregon Christmas tree farm, What Light is a holiday story with lots of heart, described by author Stephen Chbosky as “A beautiful story of love and forgiveness.” In addition to his career as bestselling author, Jay Asher has worked in independent, chain and outlet bookstores and several public libraries. He currently lives in California. Oregon writer and illustrator Carson Ellis creates a truly magical world in her new picture book Du Iz Tak? (Candlewick), a unique look at the natural world through the eyes of some very adventurous bugs, told in beautifully detailed art and playful made-up language. Carson Ellis is well known as an illustrator for magazines (Poetry, New Yorker) as well as children’s books, including The Wildwood Chronicles and The Mysterious Benedict Society, and her own debut picturebook, Home, a New York Times bestseller. She lives on a farm outside Portland with husband (and author) Colin Meloy. Brandon Mull’s Fablehaven series for middle readers has sold more than 3.5 million copies, making his new Fablehaven Book of Imagination (Shadow Mountain) a natural for holiday gift-giving. This fun activity book guides young fans to use their own imaginations through writing, drawing and even origami folding to explore the magical world of Fablehaven. Brandon Mull is the author of several other bestselling series, including Beyonders and Five Kingdoms. He lives in Utah, “in a happy little valley near the mouth of a canyon,” with his wife and four children. Caldecott Honor winner David Shannon has created many memorable (and bookseller favorite) characters over his career, including disaster-prone David and everyone’s favorite daredevil, Duck. Shannon’s new picturebook, Duck on a Tractor (Scholastic) is a veritable riot in the barnyard, when Duck decides to joyride on Farmer O’Dell’s red tractor. Shannon is the creator of more than thirty picturebooks, earning numerous awards and placement on a variety of “Best Of” lists. Although born in the other Washington, David Shannon grew up in Spokane, and currently lives in in Southern California.

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Nightcapper

Venice Rooms

The mood on the first day of the show is a live one, so it’s only appropriate to wrap things up with the high-energy Nightcapper. Enjoy a spread of desserts, a selection of wines, and 28 authors in the mood to mix it up with show attendees. The Nightcapper—it’s a party! Open to anyone with a show badge. M.J. Beaufrand

Kevin Canty Useless Bay (Amulet/Abrams), M. J. Beaufrand’s new novel for young teens, takes place on Whidbey Island, where the Gray quintuplets serve as an unofficial search-and-rescue team. Beaufrand’s unique brand of magical realism mixed with mystery earned her previous novel The River an Edgar Award nomination. She grew up in Oregon and now lives in Seattle.

Peter Ames Carlin

Ben Clanton

Based on a true incident, Kevin Canty’s novel The Underworld (W.W. Norton) begins with a disastrous fire in an isolated Idaho mining town. Canty is the author of five previous novels, including the PNBA Award winner Into the Great Wide Open. He lives in Missoula, where he teaches fiction writing at the Univ. of Montana. The Underworld will be published in March, 2017 Portland writer Peter Ames Carlin traces the amazing life of rock icon Paul Simon in Homeward Bound (Holt/MPS), the first major biography of one of the most influential popular artists in America. Peter Carlin is a journalist, critic and author of several other biographies, including the bestselling Bruce, a biography of Bruce Springsteen. Author-illustrator Ben Clanton’s new picturebook It Came in the Mail (S&S) is a tale filled with dragons, pickles, friendship, and lots and lots of mail. His graphic novel for early readers, Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea (Tundra/PRH) has just been released in paperback. Clanton’s previously published books for young children include Something Extraordinary and Mo’s Mustache. Ben Clanton lives in Seattle.

Carli Davidson

Chris Dombrowski

Bestselling pet photographer Carli Davidson of Shake fame has something this fall for both cat and dog lovers - Lick Cats and Lick Dogs (Harper Design). Both books feature full color spreads of adorable pets caught in close-up shots with their tongues hard at work.Davidson is an award-winning photographer and animal trainer. She lives in Portland with her family and an ever-rotating crew of foster animals. Body of Water (Milkweed Editions/Perseus), by Missoula writer and fly-fishing guide Chris Dombrowski, is a memoir, travel narrative, and fascinating history about the Bonefish tourism industry in the Bahamas. Body of Water pays tribute to David Pinder, a legendary bonefishing guide ultimately abandoned by the very industry he had helped to build.

Kevin Emerson

Bonnie Frye Hemphill

Ruth Tenzer Feldman

Amelia Urry

Finding Abbey Road (HarperCollins), Seattle writer Kevin Emerson’s exciting conclusion to his young adult Exile trilogy, is set in the iconic music scene of London, packed with real records, music venues, and studios. Kevin Emerson, a former science teacher, is the author of fifteen novels, and once jumped off a roof in a Swedish TV commercial. Ruth Tenzer Feldman imagines life in Portland after the Big One in Seven Stitches (Ooligan/IPS), her new novel for young adults and the third book of her award-winning Blue Thread series. One year after a devastating earthquake, Meryem’s Portland neighborhood is starting to rebuild, but her mother is still missing. When Meryem receives a magical prayer shawl from her grandmother, something even more seismic than the quake starts to happen. Feldman has published ten books of non-fiction for children. She lives in Portland. Amelia Urry, and Bonnie Frye Hemphill are just two of the 22 contributors to Coming of Age at the End of Nature (Trinity Univ. Press/Perseus), a powerful new anthology of essays from young writers who have all come of age since the 1988 publication of Bill McKibben’s prescient book The End of Nature. Each essay reflects the realities of growing up in a damaged and compromised world, some lamenting the mistakes of the past while others offer a path forward into the future. Bryn Fleming’s Range Riders series vividly brings to life two friends on a ranch in Oregon’s John Day country, and Kidnapped Cattle (Graphic Arts/IPS), book three in the series, is the most exciting yet, as the pair conquer the elements, outwit rustlers, and rope, ride, and rescue like never before. Fleming lives in Central Oregon with a menagerie of dogs, cats, a horse named Sky and a mini-mule named Mercy.

Bryn Fleming

Kait Heacock

Laura O. Foster

Jeff Johnson

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Laura Foster’s Walking with Ramona (Microcosm/Perseus) explores the streets, schools, characters, and neighborhoods of author Beverly Cleary’s Portland, known to millions from the Ramona and Henry books. Foster’s unique guidebook brings to life what Portland of the 1920s and 1930s was like for the “girl from Yamhill,” and includes other locations in Oregon tied to Cleary’s life and books. Laura Foster is the author of numerous Portland and Oregon guidebooks, and lives in Portland. Kait Heacock’s debut book, Siblings and Other Disappointments (Ooligan/IPS), is a fearless collection of short stories rooted in the Northwest. Heacock, whose work has appeared in many literary journals and magazines, also works the other side of the publishing desk, first at Portland’s Ooligan Press, and now as a publicist for the Feminist Press in New York.

Friday Nightcapper Portland writer Jeff Johnson’s novel Everything Under the Moon (Softskull/PGW) features Gelson Verber a part-werewolf protagonist who makes his living hunting down criminals, rapists and thugs in rain-drenched Portland. Verber might have finally met his match in Salt Street, a development corporation using Big Data and pirated software to search for werewolves. Jeff Johnson is a well-known tattoo artist, and the author of Tattoo Machine: Tall Tales, True Stories, and My Life in Ink. Prolific children’s author and illustrator Nina Laden is back with Peek-a-Choo-Choo (Chronicle), the latest in her Peek-a board books for the very young. A twist to the classic game of peekaboo, this colorful book features trains, planes and boats, with lively rhyming text to help little ones guess who’s peeking through the die-cut windows. Laden lives in Seattle.

Nina Laden

Mark Leiren-Young

Sharon Mentyka

Joe O’Neill

Before the 1964 capture of the orca nicknamed Moby Doll, killer whales were regarded as bloodthirsty monsters. In The Killer Whale Who Changed the World (Greystone/PGW), Canadian writer Mark Leiren-Young, tells the moving story of Moby Doll, who through his brief and ultimately fatal public exhibition, changed the way we humans regarded these iconic mammals. Based on real events, Sharon Mentyka’s Chasing at the Surface (Graphic Arts/IPS) is the sensitive story for middle readers of a young girl and her quest to free a pod of Orcas trapped in the inlet where Marisa and her father live on a houseboat. As the plight of the whales worsens, Marisa uses her imagination and courage to find a solution. Sharon Mentyka is also the author of B in the World. She lives in Seattle. Oregon writer Joe O’Neill’s award-winning Red Hand Adventures series combines history and fastpaced adventure for young or reluctant readers. Fourth in the series, Thieves of the Black Sea (Black Ship/Perseus) is set in 1914, melding great historical detail with an action-packed storyline that will make readers feel like they’ve traveled back in time. The idea to write the Red Hand Adventure series came to him while on a safari in Sri Lanka, when his jeep was stalled in a jungle, around midnight, in a herd of wild elephants. Many Northwesterners know of or perhaps have visited Wolf Haven, a unique wildlife sanctuary located near Mount Rainier. Seattle writer Brenda Peterson and fine art photographer Annie Marie Musselman introduce all of us to these beautiful and fascinating animals in Wolf Haven: Sanctuary and the Future of Wolves in North America (Sasquatch/PRH). Brenda Peterson is the author of eighteen books. Annie Musselman’s photographs have appeared in the New Yorker and National Geographic. Marijuana is now both legal and mainstream in much of the Northwest, and Weed: The User’s Guide (Sasquatch/PRH) by Seattleite David Schmader is the definitive, hands-on guide to recreational weed, complete with history, recipes, medicinal uses and safety and legality tips. Schmader is writer-in-residence for the Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas, and has been a frequent contributor to and past editor of The Stranger. In Heidi Schulz’s Giraffes Ruin Everything (Bloomsbury Children’s/MPS), one little boy is sure that the last thing you want at your birthday party or on the playground is a giraffe! Schulz’s amusing text is perfectly paired with animator Chris Robertson’s sly artwork to create a great read-aloud. Heidi Schulz lives in Salem and is the author of several middle grade novels. Amica is a rhea - a six-foot flightless bird - reared from egg to adulthood in the suburban Oregon home of Washo Shadowhawk and his mother, Meadow. Living with such an unlikely housemate is chronicled in Amica’s World: How a Giant Bird Came Into Our Heart and Home (Microcosm/Perseus), a fascinating story illustrated with more than 100 photos. Washo Shadowhawk won the In Defense of Animals Youth Guardian Award at age 14. Seattle book designer and illustrator Will Staehle is the creative mind behind Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye (Quirk Books/PRH), the first book in a new series starring Warren the 13th, lone bellhop, valet, groundskeeper and errand boy in his family’s crumbling old hotel. Co-authored with comic book writer Tania DelRio, Staehle’s clever tale will appeal to fans of Lemony Snicket and The Mysterious Benedict Society. Book two in the series, Warren the 13th and the Whispering Woods, will be published in March, 2017. Robert Steelquist’s The Northwest Coastal Explorer (Timber Press/Workman) is a wonderful full-color field guide to the amazing flora and fauna found on Pacific shores from British Columbia to Oregon. Steelquist is the author of numerous Northwest field guides and travel books. He lives in Sequim, conveniently close to the beach.

Annie M. Musselman Brenda Peterson

David Schmader

Heidi Schulz

Washo & Meadow Shadowhawk

Will Staehle

Robert Steelquist

Jonathan White

Judd Winick

In Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean (Trinity Univ. Press/Perseus), writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. An active marine conservationist, Jonathan White is also the author of Talking on the Water (Trinity), originally published in 1994 and reprinted this fall, a memorable collection of interviews with 13 writers and naturalists exploring our relationship to nature. White lives on Orcas Island. Judd Winick’s Great Big Room(Random House/PRH) is the third book in the Hilo series. Hilo is no ordinary kid (he’s from outer space), and he and his more ordinary friends have plenty of work to do saving the world when mysterious portals start opening all over town. Judd Winick, winner of a 2016 Children’s Choice Award, lives in San Francisco.

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Saturday Book & Author Breakfast 8:00 – 9:30am

Book & Author Breakfast

Venice Rooms

Our featured speakers will be:

Rabih Alameddine

Pete Fromm

Rabih Alameddine, The Angel of History, Atlantic Monthly Pete Fromm, The Names of the Stars, St. Martin’s Press Douglas Preston, The Lost City of the Monkey God, Hachette/GCP Lidia Yuknavitch, The Book of Joan, HarperCollins Authors will pre-sign books which will be given to attending booksellers and librarians. Tickets required. The Angel of History (Atlantic Monthly Press), new from award-winning writer Rabih Alameddine, is the provocative story of an Arab American poet whose adult life in San Francisco spans the AIDS decades, and his hilarious and heartbreaking struggle to remember, and forget, the events of an astonishing life. Alameddine was born in Aman, Jordan, grew up in Kuwait and England, and then moved to California. Although he worked as an engineer after receiving a degree from UCLA, he is now internationally recognized as a writer and a painter. Alameddine’s novel An Unnecessary Woman was a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award. He currently devides his time between San Francisco and Beirut. Montana writer and five-time PNBA Award winner Pete Fromm follows up his 1994 bestselling memoir, Indian Creek Chronicles, with The Names of the Stars: A Life in the Wild (St. Martin’s Press/MPS). Nearly 25 years after a winter spent monitoring a wilderness fish ladder, experiences described in Indian Creek Chronicles, Pete was again offered a job babysitting salmon eggs, this time in Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness. The Names of the Stars is his story of a now 45-year old husband and father of two who finds himself alone, again, in the wilderness. Pete Fromm has published over 200 stories in a variety of magazines and journals, and is the author of numerous books, including novels, short story collections, and, of course, memoir.

Douglas Preston

Lidia Yuknavich 16 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association

Douglas Preston has published a string of New York Times bestsellers, fiction and non-fiction, both as sole author and with his frequent writing partner, Lincoln Child. The duo’s most recent novel, Beyond the Ice Limit, is their 4th thriller featuring former professional thief Gideon Crew. Preston’s writing career began at the American Museum of Natural History, and he has been published in numerous journals and magazines, including The New Yorker, Natural History, Smithsonian and The Atlantic. Preston’s next solo novel, The Lost City of the Monkey God (Hachette/GCP) will be published in early 2017. Novelist LidiaYuknavitch returns to the Trade Show with her forthcoming novel, The Book of Joan (Harper), a revisiting of the life of Joan of Arc. Yuknavitch is the author of several novels and short story collections, as well as her stunning memoir The Chronology of Water, which won a 2012 PNBA Book Award. She lives in Portland, where she teaches writing, literature and film, and founded a workshop series called Corporeal Writing. Her acclaimed 2016 TED Talk “The Beauty of Being a Misfit,” was recently featured on NPR. The Book of Joan will be published in April, 2017.

Saturday Schedule 7:00 am-9:30 am

Exhibit Hall available for vendor set-up.

7:30 am-4:30 pm

PNBA Registration Desk open in the Rotunda of the Exhibit Hall

8:00 am-9:30 am

Book & Author Breakfast (see page 16, tickets required.)

9:30 am-4:30 pm

EXHIBITS OPEN / BUZZBOOKS CONTEST

9:30 am-4:30 pm

ABA IndieCommerce One-On-Ones, Economic Develop. Boardroom balcony level of the Exhibit Hall Rotunda

These sessions with Geetha Nathan are available for current IndieCommerce users and non-IndieCommerce ABA members who would like to know about the program. If you did not sign uponline in advance, you can speak to ABA personnel at the IndieCommerce suite or the ABA exhibit table to set up a drop-in appointment.

12:00 noon-1:00 pm

Buffet Lunch will be available in the exhibit hall (tickets must be purchased in advance)

12:00 pm-2:00 pm

Book Award Committee meeting

Torcello/Burano Rooms

12:00 pm-2:00 pm

Education Committee meeting

Board Room

4:30 pm-5:30 pm

Book Award Preview Presentation

Venice Rooms

Torcello/Burano Rooms

Sit in on this showcase to see which books your 2016 Book Awards Committee members have their eyes on as odds-on favorites to be on the Shortlist come October. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll hear pitches and plugs and have the chance to put your own choices on the Committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s radar. This could be an Award-changing event! Everyone with a show badge is invited to attend and share suggestions.

6:00 pm-8:00 pm

Author Feast (see pages 18-19, tickets required)

8:30 pm - 10:00 pm Sweet & Greet Party (see pages 20-21, show badge required)

Venice Rooms

Rotunda of the Exhibit Hall

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Saturday Evening Feast of Authors

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6:00–8:00pm

The Feast of Authors

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Booksellers and Librarians at the Feast will receive a bag with at least twelve signed books. Tickets required. BuzzBooks winners will be announced!

Kathleen Alcala

Paul Bannick

In The Deepest Roots: Finding Food and Community on a Pacific Northwest Island (Univ. of Washington Press), PNBA Award winner Kathleen Alcala digs into the history of her home of Bainbridge Island to explore how islanders, from Suquamish natives to modern foodies, have fed themselves and their sense of community. Alcala’s previous books include several novels, a collection of short stories, and memoir. Award-winning Seattle photographer Paul Bannick’s stunning images track four different nesting owl species, in four different habitats, over the course of one year in Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls (Mountaineers/Braided River). A perennial PBNA favorite, Bannick’s previous book The Owl and the Woodpecker continues to be one of the bestselling bird books nationally. Seriously Shifted (Tor Teen/MPS) is Tina Connolly’s second novel for young adults to feature budding teen witch Camellia and her (real wicked witch) mother. Connolly, a finalist for both the Nebula and Norton Awards, is also the author of Seriously Wicked and the Ironskin fantasy trilogy. Connolly lives in Portland “in an old house on a hill that came with a dragon in the basement and blackberry vines in the attic.”

Tina Connolly

Laurie Frankel

Laurie Frankel’s forthcoming novel This Is How It Always Is (Flatiron Books/MPS) chronicles a family facing the unexpected when their youngest son decides he is definitely not like his four brothers. Frankel is the author of two previous novels, The Atlas of Love and Goodbye for Now. She lives in Seattle, and is currently a board member of Seattle7Writers. This Is How It Always Is will be published in January, 2017. Thor Hanson has twice won a PNBA Book Award for his works of natural history (Feathers and Seeds). Bartholomew Quill (Sasquatch/PRH) marks a new direction for Hanson: it’s his first book written for children. Illustrated by Dana Arnim, Bartholomew is a whimsical mix of science and poetry about a clever crow trying to figure out just what kind of creature he is. Thor Hanson works as a conservation biologist, and lives in the San Juan Islands.

Thor Hanson

S.J. Kincaid

Jane Kirkpatrick

Kazu Kibuishi

Matthew J. Kirby

Kirby Larson

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Seattleite Kazu Kibuishi is the #1 New York Times bestselling writer and illustrator of the Amulet series of graphic novels, available as a 7-book boxed set this fall (Scholastic). Kibuishi is the creator and editor of two highly acclaimed graphic anthologies, and was the cover illustrator of the 15th anniversary paperback editions of the Harry Potter series. Red Queen meets The Hunger Games in award-winning author S. J. Kincaid’s The Diabolic (S&S Books for Young Readers), an epic tale of Nemesis, a young woman who was created to be a ruthless killer. Kincaid was born in Alabama, grew up in California, and attended high school in New Hampshire, but it was while living beside a haunted graveyard in Scotland that she realized that she wanted to be a writer. She is also the author of the Insignia series (Insignia, Vortex, and Catalyst). A Taste for Monsters (Scholastic), Matthew Kirby’s newest novel for young adults, takes place in Victorian London, when the killer named Jack the Ripper terrorized the city and Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man, captivated the lurid press. Kirby is also the author of The Clockwork Three, The Lost Kingdom, and the new series for young adults, The Quantum League. His novel Icefall was an Edgar Award winner. The hardships and hopes of the pioneers who traveled the Oregon Trail to a new life in the West is the subject of Oregon writer Jane Kirkpatrick’s new novel, This Road We Traveled (Revell). Tabitha Brown’s family has decided to make the long journey west, but fear Tabby, old and infirm, should stay behind. Her determination to join the wagon train, even if she has to do it alone, is a story of the indomitable spirit that carried many across the plains. Jane Kirkpatrick is the New York Times and CBA bestselling author of more than twenty-five books. She lives near Bend, Oregon. From Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson comes Liberty (Scholastic), the moving story of a young boy and a dog named Liberty. Like Larson’s previous middle reader novels Duke and Dash, Liberty uses the bond between humans and dogs to bring real historical events to life for younger readers. Kirby Larson, author of Hattie Big Sky, has been a recipient of the Scott O’Dell Historical Fiction Prize, a Christopher Medal, and her books have appeared on dozens of state Young Readers Choice lists.

Saturday Evening Feast of Authors PNBA Award winner Kathleen Dean Moore is best known for her books of nature-focused essays, including Riverwalking and Holdfast. The Piano Tide (Counterpoint/PGW), Moore’s fictional debut, is the story of a man who has gained power and fortune by exploiting Alaska’s natural riches, and of the young woman who finally challenges his empire. Moore’s recent book Great Tide Rising was selected as a “Global Read” by The Charter for Compassion International, who will bring together readers from around the world for a virtual bookclub discussion this fall. Former Children’s Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt presents One Minute Till Bedtime (LBYR/ Hachette), a collection of 60 all-new poems from some of the most beloved and celebrated poets of our time, including Jack Prelutsky, Jon Scieszka, Nikki Grimes, and Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Christoph Niemann, each poem is perfect for a last-minute read to tuck that little one happily into bed. Kenn Nesbitt has published many books of his own humorous poems for children, and his poems appear in numerous anthologies.

Kathleen Dean Moore Kenn Nesbitt

Bestselling Jennifer A. Nielsen’s new fantasy adventure for young teens, The Scourge (Scholastic), artfully melds medieval elements with hints of mystery and romance, when the lethal plague known as the Scourge sends a young girl named Ani to a quarantined island. Jennifer Nielsen lives in northern Utah. She is the author of The Ascendance trilogy, the Mark of the Thief series, and A Night Divided, just published in summer, 2016. New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Niven’s new novel Holding Up the Universe (Knopf/PRH) is a poignant, exhilarating love story about learning to see people for themselves, not who everyone thinks they are. In addition to her international bestselling young adult novel All the Bright Places, Niven has published several non-fiction books and four novels for adults, including American Blonde and Velva Jean Learns to Fly.

Jennifer A. Nielsen

Jennifer Niven

Laurie Notaro

Jon Raymond

Nisi Shawl

Holly G. Sloan

Sonya Sones

Brent Weeks

Laurie Notaro has published a string of eleven hilarious, sometimes outrageous books in the Idiot Girls’ Action Adventure Club series, but with Crossing the Horizon (S&S/Scout Press), she proves she can write the serious stuff, too. Inspired by true events and real people, Crossing the Horizon is the little-known story of three aviatrixes vying to become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Originally from Brooklyn, Notaro now lives in Eugene.. Portland writer Jon Raymond’s new novel Freebird (Graywolf/MPS) is a brilliant, searching look at life, death and politics in America today, as the members of an all-American family grapple with reconciling ideals and reality, navigating modern moral choices and living under the long shadow of family history. Raymond is a screenwriter and author of two previous novels, Rain Dragon and The Half-Life. Award-winning sci-fi/fanatasy short story writer Nisi Shawl reimagines the history of the Belgian Congo in her debut novel, Everfair (Tor/MPS), “a highly original story [that] blends steampunk and political intrigue in a compelling new view of a dark piece of human history.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review. Shawl’s short stories have appeared in Asimov’s SF Magazine, Strange Horizons, and numerous other magazines and anthologies. Her story collection Filter House co-won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 2009. She has reviewed books for her hometown Seattle Times for more than 15 years. Julia, the winsome heroine of Holly Goldberg Sloan’s new novel, Short (Dial/PRH), has always been small for her age. Her size might have gotten her a role as a Munchkin in a summer production of The Wizard of Oz, but her time on the stage shows her just how big she is inside, where it really counts. Holly Goldberg Sloan has had a successful career in the film business as production assistant, script supervisor, screenwriter, producer, and director. Her 2013 novel for middle grade readers, Counting by 7s, was an Indie favorite and garnered dozens of awards. Short will be published at the end of January, 2017. Young adult author Sonya Sones tackles the tough issues of homelessness, runaways and mental illness in Saving Red (Harper Teen), a sensitive, sometimes funny novel told in verse. Sonya Sones’ previous teen novels, including One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies, have received many honors, but she is especially thrilled to have been included on the ALA’s Most Challenged Authors of the 21st Century list. Fanatsy author Brent Weeks continues his bestselling Lightbringer series with The Blood Mirror (Orbit/Hachette), packed with all the sword play, magic, thrills and humor his readers have come to expect. Fellow writer Peter Brett says: “Brent Weeks is so good it’s starting to tick me off.” Brent Weeks lives in Oregon.

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Saturday Night Sweet & Greet 8:30 - 10:00 pm

Rotunda of the Exhibit Hall

After the Feast, wrap up your busy Saturday at the Sweet & Greet dessert party, a sophisticated showcase of 20 authors representing every shelf in your store. Enjoy cake, coffee, and a big bag of this fall’s finest releases from the Northwest and beyond.

Jessixa Bagley

Kate Berube

John R. Bruning

Kurt Cyrus

A.J. Banner

Chris Britt

Kristin E. Clark

Heather L. Earnhardt

Seattle author-illustrator Jessixa Bagley’s new picturebook Before I Leave (Roaring Brook/ MPS) is a sensitive look at how it feels when a best friend moves away. Bagley’s simple text and charming illustrations follow Zelda, a little hedgehog, and her anteater pal Aaron, as they learn to cherish the time they have together before they have to say “goodbye.” Jessixa Bagley’s debut book Boats for Papa received starred reviews in Kirkus, School Library Journal and Publishers Weekly. “AJ Banner’s The Twilight Wife (Touchstone/S&S) is an intensely suspenseful, diamond-sharp romantic thriller about a woman who has lost her memory and the wild, painful path back to her true self. You won’t be able to put it down!”—David Bell, author of Since She Went Away. A. J. Banner is also the author of The Good Neighbor and has published several other novels for adults and young adults under her real name, Anjali Banerjee. She lives on the Olympic Peninsula. In Kate Berube’s Hannah and Sugar (Abrams), a little girl learns to overcome her fear of dogs when Sugar, who waits every day at Hannah’s school bus stop, goes missing. Berube’s quiet story and soft illustrations offer a sweet message about bravery, empathy and compassion. Kate Berube is the creator of Tater Totter, a zine for children, and the illustrator of Curtis Manley’s The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read. Nationally syndicated cartoonist Chris Britt has created a heartwarming winter tale in The Most Perfect Snowman (Harper), about Drift, a rather plain snowman who longs for hat, mittens, scarf and carrot nose just like all the other snowmen. But just when all his dreams do come true, a roaring blizzard tests his character. Can Drift give up the things he loves to help others? Besides his work as a children’s book author and illustrator, Chris Britt’s editorial cartoons are seen in over 200 newspaper across the country. He lives in Tacoma. Already optioned for film by Sony Pictures, Oregon writer John Bruning’s Indestructible (Hachette) tells the little-known story of a renegade pilot whose personal mission to rescue his family from a WWII POW camp changed modern air warfare forever. When the Japanese invaded Manila, WWI veteran and manager for Philippines Airlines Pappy Gunn was ordered to fly key military personnel to safety, leaving behind his wife and children, who were taken prisoner by the invading army. He spent the next three years fighting to rescue them. Bruning, an award-winning combat reporter, is author or co-author of eight books. Jess, Chunk, and the Road to Infinity (FSG/MPS), is a timely, fresh and funny new novel for teens by California writer Kristin Elizabeth Clark. After high school graduation, Jess embarks on a cross-country trip to attend her estranged father’s wedding, accompanied by her best friend Chunk. Thing is, the last time she saw her father, Jess was a boy. Clark is also the author of Freakboy, named as a Bank Street Best Book of the Year. Kurt Cyrus asks young ones to grab a hard hat and start counting in Billions of Bricks (Holt/ MPS), his new mathematically inspired picturebook. By following a construction worker building with bricks, children will learn how to count by twos, tens, twenties and more. Cyrus is an author and illustrator, creator of many previous books for young readers including Tadpole Rex and Big Rig Bugs and the PNBA Award-winning Hotel Deep. He lives in Yamhill Co., Oregon.

Sandra Evans

Shannon Grogan

Chef Heather Earnhardt has made Southerners out of Seattleites for years at her tiny cafe, The Wandering Goose. In Big Food, Big Love (Sasquatch/PRH), she helps us take those Southern comforts home with recipes for crumbly buttermilk biscuits, creamy grits and crispy hush puppies and much more. Along with the recipes and mouth-watering photos, Earnhardt offers up wonderful stories of the people and places that influenced her growing up in the South. Heather Earnhardt is also the author the charming little chapbook The Wandering Goose. This Is Not a Werewolf Story (Atheneum/S&S) is Tacoma writer Sandra Evans’ first book, a middle grade novel about a boy with an unusual secret. Raul is a loner, living at the One of Our Kind Boarding School, longing for Fridays when all the other students get to go home. Raul’s secret is that he is a shapeshifter, and his ability to transform means that he can go home, too.

Melissa Hart 20 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association

In Shannon Grogan’s From Where I Watch You (Soho Press/PRH), 16-year old Kara longs to escape her family, torn apart by the death of her older sister, and to realize her dream of becoming a professional baker. But then the anonymous notes start coming. “Lyrical prose + riveting mystery + mouth-watering baked goods = one of the best books I’ve read in years.“ —Mandy Hubbard, author of Prada and Prejudice. Shannon Grogan is a teacher who loves to bake as much as her character Kara does.

Saturday Night Sweet & Greet Melissa Hart’s Avenging the Owl (Sky Pony/Perseus) uproots young teen Solo Hahn from his California surfing lifestyle to the backwoods of Oregon, where his efforts to avenge his kitten’s death at the claws of an owl go horribly wrong. Sentenced to community service at a bird of prey rehabilitation center, Solo slowly begins to feel a connection to the birds he has vowed to hate, and finds that they can help him to be true to himself, no matter how tough things get. Melissa Hart lives in Eugene. Grab your markers and pencils for a unique coloring adventure with Zoe Keller’s Color the Pacific Northwest (Timber Press/Workman). From Lewis and Clark to Sasquatch, Yakima apples to Seattle lattes, camp robbers to urban food carts, this book features 50 spreads of detailed drawings ready to ink in with lots of color. Zoe Keller is a studio illustrator based in Portland.

Zoe Keller

Victor Lodato

Susan Mallery

Kate McDermott

Playwright and novelist Victor Lodato’s forthcoming novel Edgar and Lucy (St. Martin’s/MPS) is described by best selling author Tom Perrotta as “… a quirky coming-of-age novel that deepens into something dark and strange without losing its heart or its sense of wonder.” Lotato’s debut novel Mathilda Savitch was a PEN USA Award winner. Edgar and Lucy will be published in March, 2017. A Million Little Things (Mira/Harper) is bestselling author Susan Mallery’s third book in the Mischief Bay series, a twisty tale of family dynamics that explores what can go wrong when the line between friendship and family blurs. Mallery lives in Seattle with her husband and her tiny, but intrepid toy poodle. A Million Little Things is scheduled for February, 2017. Kate McDermott has taught thousands of people from around the country how to bake great pies at her Pie Camps and workshops. The Art of Pie (Countryman Press/Norton) is her wonderful collection of tips, techniques and recipes; the kind of cookbook destined to lean dogeared and fruit-stained on every reader’s kitchen shelf for years to come. Kate McDermott lives in her Pie Cottage in Port Angeles. Writer Michelle Mulder believes that each of us can take the simple steps to move from a life of consumerism to one that is more sustainable. In Pocket Change: Pitching in For a Better World (Orca Books), she explores how money became so important in our society, and showcases families and individuals around the world who are creating strong, healthy communities that thrive with very little money at all. Mulder is the author of several books for children, and lives in Victoria, B.C.,

Michelle Mulder Chandler O’Leary

Two Tacoma letterpress artists, Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring, have teamed up to create Dead Feminists: Historic Heroines in Living Color (Sasquatch,/PRH). This beautiful book of broadside art, based on the popular poster series of the same name, adds period photographs and ephemera to illuminate the stories of 27 women who changed the world. O’Leary and Spring are both illustrators, book artists and printers. For those who have ever wondered what went on under those gorgeous gowns in Downton Abbey, Therese Oneill’s Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady’s Guide to Sex, Marriage and Manners (Hachette) uncovers all the dirty laundry of a bygone era. With wonderful honesty and plenty of humor, Oneill details the historical truths of how women’s intimate lives were really lived, proving that “the good old days” were not always so great. Therese Oneill lives near Portland.

Jessica Spring

Therese Oneill

Jaime Temairik

Jonathan Tweet

Jaime Temairik’s new picturebook Alice and Lucy Will Work for Bunk Beds (Disney-Hyperion/Hachette) is about two sisters who love sharing everything. Everything, that is, except their bed and that calls for new bunk beds. Temairik’s colorful illustrations show the two sisters, working together to earn the money they need for those new bunks. Alice and Lucy is the first book she has written and illustrated on her own. She lives in Seattle. Grandmother Fish (Feiwel & Friends/MPS), Jonathan Tweet’s groundbreaking picturebook introducing the concept of evolution to young children, took 15 years to complete. It began when Tweet couldn’t find a book to help him teach his own daughter about evolution, so he decided to write one himself. Beautifully illustrated by Seattle artist Karen Lewis, Grandmother Fish simplifies complex concepts with a call-and-response text that will get kids on their feet and playing along. Just in time for the holidays comes The Nutcracker (Chronicle), Holman Wang’s new addition to his Cozy Classics board book series. This beloved Christmas classic is retold using 12 simple words and illustrated with 12 cozy needle-felted scenes. Holman Wang, along with his brother Jack, is the creator of the Star Wars Epic Yarn books, as well as ten other Cozy Classics, including Les Miserables, Emma and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, all due this fall. He lives in Vancouver, B.C.

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Sunday Schedule 8:00 am - 9:30 am Book and Author Breakfast (tickets required - see page 24)

Venice Rooms

9:00 am - 2:00 pm

PNBA’s Registration Desk open in the Rotunda of the Exhibit Hall

9:30 am - 2:00 pm

EXHIBITS OPEN

9:45 am - 11:15 am

Author Appearances in the Exhibit Hall

11:30 pm - 12:30 pm

Boxed lunches will be available in the Exhibit Hall. MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE. TICKET REQUIRED.

12:00 noon - 1:00 pm “Hold On, I’m Coming” author showcase. Exhibit Hall (see page 26-27) 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm RAFFLE WINNERS ANNOUNCED. MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN. 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm

The Authors featured at the “Hold On, I’m Coming” author showcase will sign copies of their new books for booksellers and librarians.

2:00 pm

SHOW CONCLUDES

SUNDAY EXHIBITOR EXCLAMATION RAFFLE PRIZES Booksellers are invited to take part in raffles at seventeen exhibitor’s tables or booths as noted below, from 9:30 - 11:30 am. Raffle buckets will be picked up by PNBA staff at 11:30, when the lunch service begins. The authors at the Hold On, I’m Coming event will speak from 12 noon until 1pm. Raffle winners will be announced from 1 - 1:15. YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE. Featured authors will then sign books in the back of the hall, from 1:15 - 2:00. PNBA will offer two Grand Prizes: Reimbursement from PNBA for expenses for attending this year’s show (up to $700 w/expense documentation) AND a scholarship for reimbursement from PNBA of expenses to attend next year’s show (up to $700 w/expense documentation). -----------BINC (the Book Industry Charitable Foundation) (Table 17) will raffle a scholarship UP TO $500 to this year’s show. The scholarship winner will submit receipts to PNBA, showing expenses paid to attend the show, including travel, hotel, and meal costs. PNBA will facilitate BINC in reimbursing those costs, up to $500 maximum. -----------Orca Book Publishers (Tables 40-41) will raffle six of their most recent titles from the Footprints series: Pocket Change, Deep Roots, What’s the Buzz, Trash Talk, Take Shelter, & Every Last Drop. -----------Cave Art Press (Table 11) will raffle a gift certificate of $25.00 toward the purchase of any of their books at a 50% discount off retail. -----------Earth Sky + Water (Booth 6) All visitors to their booth get a free custom luggage tag, laminated on the spot with their business card and a chance to win Free Freight for a year! -----------Storymatic (Booth 4) will raffle one Rememory and one container of pure Vermont maple syrup from the farm just down the road from their Vermont headquarters. 22 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association

Greystone Books (Table 36) will raffle a signed hardcover copy of David Suzuki’s book Letters to My Grandchildren. -----------Epicenter Press/ Aftershocks Media (Booth 20) will raffle one copy of Jon Van Zyles Idirod Memories 40th Anniversary Ed. -----------Imprint Group West (Table 53) will raffle off a basket of books. -----------Chronicle Books (Tables 73-74) Galison is offering a Joie de Vivre Prize to celebrate their partnership with Christian LaCroix Paris, the iconic couture house. The entire sample set of Christian Lacroix stationery and journals displayed at the Chronicle Books booth and French-inspired treats to put you in the Parisian spirit! Prize pack is worth over $250. -----------UBC Press (Table 32) will donate one copy of the winner’s choice of any book that they have on display. -----------Karel/Dutton Group (Table 62) will raffle Lonely Planet’s The Travel Book, 3rd ed. -----------Karel/Dutton Group (Table 62) will raffle a selection of (6)LOVELIT Posters from Gibbs Smith -----------Karel/Dutton Group (Table 62) will raffle a selection of (4) LOVELIT T-Shirts from Gibbs Smith -----------Taku Graphics/Shorefast Editions (Table 9) will raffle off two crates full of goodies: Corvus Crate - Hand built wooden crate featuring one copy of The Way Winter Comes (Shorefast Editions) by Sherry Simpson , a raven wall calendar, 1 pound Raven,s Brew coffee, a Murder of Crows tote bag, and one Raven art print from an Alaskan artist. Coastal Crate - Hand built wooden crate featuring one copy of Ed Ricketts from Cannery Row to Sitka, Alaska, a set of maritime art cards by Taku Graphics, a Ray Troll wall calendar, a Smack of Jellyfish T-shirt, and Alaskan smoked salmon. -----------Book Publisher’s Network (Booths 21-22) will raffle off a large basket of new books, many of them autographed. -----------Yurkanis Originals (Table 10) will be offering an original art ceramic mug and The Seeker’s Garden set of cards (these are both new products) along with some tea and Seattle Chocolate. Also, two journals and a selection of greeting cards and postcards from our line. All in a lovely basket, elegantly presented. -----------Ronsdale Press (Tables 42-43) will raffle a gift basket containing a bottle of Canadian maple syrup, Salt Spring Island coffee, Yorkshire Tea, Ronsdale Press wine, Vancouver T-shirt, and a copy of Jack Hodgins’ novel Cadillac Cathedral. -----------Royal BC Museum (Table 47) will raffle a package containing: one copy of Treasures of the Royal British Columbia Museum and Archives, compiled by Jack Lohman – signed; one copy of Museums at the Crossroads? Essays on Cultural Institutions in a Time of Change, written by Jack Lohman – signed; two prehistoric animals excavation kits (from our current Mammoth: Giants of the Ice Age exhibition) and one Royal BC Museum USB lanyard loaded with PDFs of our Spring and Fall 2016 publications catalogues -----------Scholastic (Tables 54-56) will raffle a 39 Clues limited edition backpack filled with autographed picture books, middle grade and YA novels.

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Sunday Book & Author Breakfast 8:00 - 9:30 am

Book and Author Breakfast

Venice Rooms

Our featured speakers will be: Marla Frazee, The Bossier Baby, Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon, Doubleday Eowyn Ivey, The Bright Edge of the World, Little Brown David Quammen, Yellowstone, National Geographic

Marla Frazee

The authors will pre-sign copies of their new books, which will be given to attending booksellers and librarians at the conclusion of their presentations. Tickets required. Who doesn’t love Marla Frazee’s Boss Baby? He might have been the top man once, but in Frazee’s new picturebook, The Bossier Baby (Beach Lane/S&S), we meet the new CEO in town—Boss Baby’s even bossier new baby sister! Frazee’s retro style and witty text took the first Baby book to the top of everyone’s Best Of lists, as well as the Indie Bestseller list. In addition to books she writes and illustrates on her own, Marla Frazee has illustrated numerous books by other authors, and is a two-time Caldecott Honor winner. She lives in Pasadena, California, where she writes and draws in a lovely little studio in her backyard.

David Grann

Eowyn Ivey

David Quammen 24 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association

David Grann, author of the bestselling The Lost City of Z, uncovers a forgotten but shocking slice of American history in his forthcoming non-fiction thriller Killers of the Flower Moon (Doubleday/PRH). After oil was discovered on the Osage reservation in the 1920’s, tribal members became the richest people per capita in the world. Then the murders started, first members of the Osage tribe, then those who dared investigate the crimes. Desperate, the Osage turned to the newly created FBI; this case became the FBI’s first major homicide investigation. Grann is a staff writer for The New Yorker. Killers of the Flower Moon is scheduled for publication in April, 2017. Alaskan writer and bookseller Eowyn Ivey’s second novel The Bright Edge of the World (Little Brown,HBG) offers “An entrancing, occasionally chilling, depiction of turn-of-the-century Alaska…” Publishers Weekly (Starred Review). In Ivey’s story, told through letters, journal entries and even vintage photographs, a vertex of the Indian Wars fights his way into Alaska’s vast and untamed interior, while his wife, a pioneer in the new art of photography, waits behind. Eowyn Ivey’s first novel, The Snow Child, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, a New York Times (and PNBA) bestseller, and won a PNBA Book Award in 2013. She was raised in Alaska and continues to live there with her husband and two daughters. She worked for nearly a decade as a bookseller at independent Fireside Books in Palmer. Helping to celebrate the 100th birthday of America’s National Parks, award-winning author David Quammen takes readers on a breathtaking journey through our first and perhaps most iconic Park in Yellowstone: A Journey Through America’s Park (National Geographic/PRH). Quammen captures this unique landscape in elegant and enlightening text accompanied by hundreds of beautiful photographs. He has published numerous books of science and natural history, including his 1986 PNBA Award-winning collection of essays, Natural Acts. Quammen has been a contributor to Outside, Harper’s and National Geographic, among others. He lives in Bozeman, Montana with his wife and a family of large white dogs.

Fall 2016 BuzzBook Candidates The Defiant Mind Living Inside a Stroke

Ron Smith Ronsdale Press

@NatGeo

The Most Popular Instagram Photos

National Geographic National Geographic

A Killer in King’s Cove A Lane Winslow Mystery

Iona Whishaw Touchwood Editions

Tattle Tales

Essays & Stories Along the Way

Abbe Rolnick Sedro Publishing

Sled Dog Dachshund Laura Atkins IPG/Minted Prose

Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman W.W. Norton

Rhino Rescue

And More True Stories of Saving Animals

Clare Meeker

National Geographic

Pocket Change

Pitching in for a Better World

Michelle Mulder Orca Book Publishers

Angel of History Rabih Alameddine Grove Atlantic

How it works: Stop by the BuzzBooks table at registration and get a card. Then visit the rep for each participating title, listen to the pitch and receive your punch. When your card is full, flip it over and vote for the book you feel is most qualified to become the buzz of the show. Once you’ve cast your vote, you’re in the running for one of three cash prizes!

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Hold On, I’m Coming Author Showcase 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm

Sunday, October 2

Exhibit Hall

Experience the authors now and remember their books when they hit your shelves in early 2017! These anticipated eight will each have about seven minutes at the podium while booksellers enjoy a box lunch in our show floor pop-up venue. Authors will sign ARCs in the back of the hall following the event. Box lunches require pre-purchased tickets. Event open to all badge holders, lunch purchase not required.

Sara Holbrook

A.G. Howard

Joshua Mohr

In Sara Holbrook’s The Enemy: Detroit, 1954 (Calkins Creek/Perseus), WWII is over, but the new threat of communism and the Cold War now cast their shadows across America. For 12-year old Marjorie, life is complicated enough living with a father haunted by his war service and a mother with a stash of banned library books. When a new girl transfers into Marjorie’s class, a new friendship threatens an old one, leaving Marjorie struggling to understand what true loyalty really means. Sara Holbrook is the author of numerous poetry books for children; The Enemy, to be published in March, 2017, is her first novel. Bestselling young adult author A. G. Howard draws on her love of The Phantom of the Opera as inspiration for her new novel RoseBlood (Amulet/Abrams). Rune Germain may have the voice of an angel, but a mysterious affliction leaves her sick and exhausted after she sings. Hoping for a cure, Rune is sent to the RoseBlood Academy, a boarding school outside Paris housed in a former opera house, and rumored to be haunted. Rune’s chance meeting with a mysterious boy will either be her cure, or will mean her final destruction. Howard is also the author of the Splintered series. RoseBlood is due January, 2017. Novelist Joshua Mohr’s new memoir Sirens (Two Dollar Radio/Perseus) is an honest and deeply moving, at times hilarious, chronicle of his years of substance abuse and eventual recovery. Employing the characterization and artful prose for which his novels have been lauded, Mohr traces his childhood swilling fuzzy navels as a latchkey kid, through his first failed marriage, parenthood, heart-surgery, and his everyday struggle against relapse. Mohr is the author of five novels, including Damascus, which the New York Times called “Beat-poet cool,” and most recently, All This Life. He has been an instructor with the MFA program at the University of San Francisco, and now lives in Seattle. Sirens will be published in January, 2017. Cartoonist Steve Moore introduces a new series for middle readers with King of the Bench: No Fear! (Harper). Moore’s deadpan humor and wacky black and white drawings featuring Spiro T. Agnew Middle School’s perpetual benchwarmer Steve will instantly appeal to fans of Timmy Failure and Big Nate. Moore is the creator of the nationally syndicated cartoon Into the Bleachers and a producer of animated feature films. He lives in Idaho with his three children, a dog, a parrot, and a snake named Tina Fey. King of the Bench: No Fear! is due February, 2017 - just in time for spring training.

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Hold On, I’m Coming Author Showcase Jason Rekulak’s debut novel The Impossible Fortress (S&S) begins with a magazine. It’s 1987 and Playboy has just published scandalous photographs of Wheel of Fortune beauty Vanna White. For three teenage boys who are desperately uneducated in the ways of women, the magazine is somewhat of a Holy Grail: priceless beyond measure and impossible to attain. So they hatch a plan to steal it. Rekulak’s story ably combines the sweetness of young love, the confusion of male adolescence, and surprisingly, the allure of computer programming. Jason Rekulak lives in Philadelphia and is the publisher of Quirk Books. The Impossible Fortress will be published in February, 2017.

Jason Rekulak Irish-born Ethel Rohan, internationally renowned short story writer, makes her debut as a novelist with The Weight of Him (St. Martin’s/MPS), a deeply affecting tale of one man’s journey home from loss. “The Weight of Him conjures all the grief and regret of a

family who has suffered an insurmountable loss. Out of this burning sorrow rises Billy Brennan, a father who attempts the seemingly impossible—to change the world. Ethel Rohan captures a blend of humor and tragedy that is entirely true to family, hometown, and our own private struggles. Poignant and inspiring.” –Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child. Rohan’s work has appeared in many anthologies and journals, including The New York Times, World Literature Today, PEN America, Tin House Online, and The Irish Times. The Weight of Him will be published in February, 2017.

Ethel Rohan

From bestselling author Chevy Stevens comes Never Let You Go (St. Martin’s/MPS) a new thriller of page-turning suspense. Lindsey Nash has started a new life after her abusive ex-husband has been sent to jail. She thinks she has freed herself from the past, but she cannot shake the feeling that someone is watching her every move. Her ex is the obvious suspect—but what if it’s someone else? Stevens is the author of six previous novels, including Still Missing, which won the International Thrillers Writers Award for Best First Novel. Chevy Stevens lives on Vancouver Island. Never Let You Go will be published in March, 2017.

Gem & Dixie (Balzer + Bray/Harper) is the new novel from renowned young adult author and National Book Award finalist Sara Zarr—a deep, nuanced, and gorgeously written story about the complex relationship between two sisters from a broken home. Gem has grown up taking care of her younger sister Dixie, never able to rely on their addict mother or con artist father. When their father finally does show up, it’s just to stash a pile of cash in the house, and the two girls decide to take a chance and break away. Sara Zarr is one of the premier writers of realistic issue-based teen fiction, author of Story of a Life, Once Was Lost and How to Save a Life. She lives in Salt Lake City. Gem & Dixie is due April, 2017.

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